The Satara, Sholapur and Southern Maratha Country Laws Act, 1863
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GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA LAW AND JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT BOMBAY ACT NO. III OF 1863. THE SATARA, SHOLAPUR AND SOUTHERN MARATHA COUNTRY LAWS ACT, 1863. (As modified upto the 17th June 2013) PRINTED IN INDIA BY THE MANAGER, CENTRAL JAIL PRESS, NAGPUR AND PUBLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, MAHARASHTRA STATE, MUMBAI-400 004 2013 [Price—Rs. 7.00 ] J-1081 1863 : Bom. III] (i) THE SATARA, SHOLAPUR AND SOUTHERN MARATHA COUNTRY LAWS ACT, 1863. CONTENTS PREAMBLE. SECTIONS. 1. Villages in Satara rendered subject to Bombay Laws. 2. Villages in Sholapur and in Southern Maratha Country rendered subject to Bombay laws. 3. [Repealed.] 4. Privileges and exemptions of certain persons of rank. 5, 6, 7. [Repealed.] 8. Village of Muchandi excluded from operation of Regulations and Acts. SCHEDULE. A. List of the Parganas, Tarafs and other known Divisions of the Collectorate of Satara to be brought under the Regulations and Acts. SCHEDULE. B. List of Villages in the Collectorate of Sholapur to be brought under the Regulations and Acts. J-1081–1 1 BOMBAY ACT No. III OF 1863.1 [THE SATARA, SHOLAPUR AND SOUTHERN MARATHA COUNTRY LAWS ACT, 1863.]1 [15th April 1863] Repealed in part, by Act 4 of 1868; ,, ,, 15 of 1874; ,, ,, 10 of 1876; ,, ,, 16 of 1895; Repealed in part, by Bom. 3 of 1886. An Act for bringing under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay the territories of Satara, certain villages and lapsed States in the Collectorate of Sholapur and in the Southern Maratha Country, 2**** * and for excluding the village of Muchandi, Pargana Jath, from the operation of the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay. WHEREAS it is expedient for the better administration of justice in the territory of Satara Preamble. that the Collectorate should be brought under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay; and whereas certain villages which now belong to Government in Sholapur and the Southern Maratha Country have not yet been made subject to the operation of the general Regulations and Acts affecting the Bombay Presidency; 3******* 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1862, Supplement, p. 543; for Report of the Select Committee, see ibid, p. 608; and for Proceedings in Council see ibid, pp. and 799. So much of Bom. 3 of 1863 as related to the following villages, namely :— the Sanglikar’s village of Dorli in Karyat Savarda; the Sanglikar’s village of Borgaon in Karyat Digraj; the Mirajkar’s village of Dupat Borgaon in Karya Dudgaon; the village of Sangam Mahuli, Taraf Vandan, belonging to the Pant Pratinidhi; the village of Kinhi, Sammat Koreygaon, belonging to the Pant Pratinidhi, was repealed by Act 4 of 1868. The short title was given by the Bombay Short Titles Act, 1921 (Bom. 2 of 1921). 2 The words “certain lands ceded to the Government of Bombay for Railway purposes; and the District of North Canara, with the exception of the talooka Cundapoor, were repealed by the Amending Act, 1895 (16 of 1895). 3 The following portion of the preamble was repealed, ibid :— “And whereas lands in certain villages have been coded by His Highness the Guieowar and His Excellency the Nawab of Sucheen to the Government of Bombay for Railway purposes and it is expedient that such lands should be made subject to the Regulations and Acts of the said Presidency; and whereas the District of North Canara which formed a part of the Presidency of Fort Saint George has, with the exception of the Talooka of Cundapur, been detached from that Presidency and annexed to the Presidency of Bombay, from the sixteenth day of April 1862, and now forms part of the latter, and it is expedient that the District so transferred should be brought under the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay”. 2 Satara, Sholapur and Southern Maratha Country Laws Act, 1863 [1863 : Bom. III and whereas the village of Muchandi, paragana Jath, in the territory of Satara, was inadvertently included in 1 Act VI of 1842, by which certain villages in the Southern Maratha Country were brought under the operation of the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay; It is hereby enacted as follows :— Villages in 1. The villages in the Collectorate of Satara as described in Schedule A 2* ** Satara shall, from and after the first day of January, 1863, be subject to the Regulations and Acts rendered subject to which are or shall at any time hereafter be in force within the territories subject to the Bombay Presidency of Bombay. laws. Villages in 2. The villages in the Collectorate of Sholapur and in the Southern Maratha Country Sholapur 2 and in described in Schedule B ** * shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be subject Southern to the Regulations and Acts which are or shall at any time hereafter be in force within the Maratha territories subject to the Presidency of Bombay. Country rendered subject to Bombay laws. 3. [Bar of jurisdiction of civil Courts in certain cases.] Rep. Act X of 1876. Privileges 4. Clause 1st.—It is also further enacted that the privileges and exemptions provided and in sections 3, 4 and 5, Regulation XXIX, A. D. 1827 and section 5 of Regulation VII, exemptions 3 of certain A. D. 1830, and Regulations I and XVI, A. D. 1831, as amended by section 6, Act XIII of persons of 1842, are equally applicable in the districts now brought under the Regulations and Acts rank. to the persons of rank therein referred to, as they are in the Dekkhan, Khandesh and Southern Maratha Country. Clause 2nd.—[Process against Shrimant Sagunabai Ai Saheb Maharaj.] Rep. Act XVI of 1895. 5, 6, 7. [Railway lands; North Kanara; saving of prior proceedings.] Rep. Act XV of 1874. Village of 8. The village of Munchandi, pargana Jath, in the territory of Satara, included in 1Act Muchandi VI of 1842, by which certain villages in the Southern Maratha Country were brought under excluded from the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Bombay, shall, from and after the passing of operation of this Act, be excluded from the operation of the Regulations and Acts of the Presidency of Regulations Bombay, anything in the said 1Act VI of 1842 to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. and Acts. 1 Act 6 of 1842, relating to the Nepani Jagir, was repealed by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (15 of 1874). 2 The words “to this Act” were repealed by the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1886 (Bom. 3 of 1886), Schedule B. This Schedule has been printed as an Appendix to the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom. 1 of 1904). 3 Act 13 of 1842 is not republished, having been repealed locally by the Bombay Land-revenue Code, 1879 (Bom. 5 of 1879). 1863 : Bom. III] Satara, Sholapur and Southern Maratha Country Laws Act, 1863 3 SCHEDULE A. LIST OF THE PARGANAS, TARAFS AND OTHER KNOWN DIVISIONS OF THE COLLECTORATE OF SATARA TO BE BROUGHT UNDER THE REGULATIONS AND ACTS. Conse- cutive Names of the division. numbers. 1 Taraf Satar 2 Taraf Parli. 3 Taraf Vandan. 1 4 Taraf Targaon, with the exception of the village Vatar entered in the accounts as belonging to the Chief of Jamkhandi. 5 Taraf Umraj, with the exception of the following two villages :— (1) Korti, entered in the accounts as belonging to the Pant Pratinidhi. (2) Sirvada, entered in the accounts as belonging to the Chief of Jamkhandi. 6 Sammat Nimb. 7 Taraf Medha. 8 Taraf Kedamb. 9 Taraf Baramura. 10 Taraf Kudal. 11 Taraf Ategaon. 12 Taraf Bamnoli. 13 Taraf Solsa. 14 Taraf Tamb. 15 Karyat Naneghola. 16 Taraf Tarla. 17 Karyat Talbid. 18 Taraf Haveli Karad, with the exception of the following twelve villages :— (1) Saidapur (2) Kapil. (3) Padli. (4) Belavda Varghat. (5) Dushera. (6) Gondi. Entered in the accounts as belonging to the Pant (7) Ghonshi. Pratinidhi. (8) Kodoli. (9) Virvada. (10) Bichud. (11) Manu. (12) Retra Khurd Ditto to Sanglikar Patvardhan. 19 Taraf Marli. 20 Taraf Patan. 21 Taraf Helvak. 22 Karyat Kashigaon. 23 Taraf Kola. 24 Fort 2 Sadashivgad, Vasantgad and Manchindragad. 1 As to the village of Sangam Mahuli, Taraf Vandan see first footnote on p. 23 supra. 2 Sic. 4 Satara, Sholapur and Southern Maratha Country Laws Act, 1863 [1863 : Bom. III Conse- cutive Names of the division. numbers. 25 Karyat Ashta. 26 Taraf Khatav. 27 Taraf Malavdi. 28 Taraf Dahigaon 29 Taraf Mhasvad. 30 Taraf Lalgaon. 31 Forts of Machimangad, Varugad and Vardhangad. 32 Taraf Dharmpuri. 33 Karyat Khanapur. 34 Karyat Mayni. 35 Karyat Vangi. 36 Karyat Vita. 37 Karyat Bhalavni. 38 Karyat Nimsod. 39 Fort of Bhushangad. 40 Pargana Kasegaon, Taluka Pandharpur. 41 Pargana Brahmpuri, Taluka Pandharpur. 42 Pargana Sangola. 43 Pargana Gherdi. 44 Pargana Nazra. 45 Pargana Akluj. 46 Pargana Velapur. 47 Pargana Bhalavni, with the exception of the following five villages, entered in the accounts as belonging to the Chief of Akalkot :— (1) Piliv. (2) Shenda Chinch. (3) Shingorni. (4) Dhanora. (5) Kusmada. 48 Taraf Haveli Wai. 49 Taraf Jor Khora. 50 Sammat Koreygaon. 1 51 Sammat Vagholi. 52 Pargana Molvad. The parts of the following parganas, situated in the Collectorate of Satara :— 53 Pargana Bejapur. 54 Pargana Gota. 55 Pargana Baloti. 56 Pargana Sidhnath. 57 Pargana Mamdapur. 58 Pargana Chimalgi. 59 Pargana Kolhar. 1As to the village of Kinhi Sammat Koreygaon, see first footnote on p. 23 supra. 1863 : Bom. III] Satara, Sholapur and Southern Maratha Country Laws Act, 1863 5 Conse- cutive Names of the division. numbers. 60 Pargana Honvad. 61 Pargana Bardoli.